Comparison

Pine Hearts vs Leaving home

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pine Hearts

Embark on a cozy hiking adventure in a nature reserve, revisiting childhood memories and helping quirky characters. Explore diverse locations, solve gentle puzzles, and uncover a heartfelt story about family. This game offers a relaxing experience with extensive accessibility options.

Highlights
  • Heartfelt story about family loss
  • Explore a sunny Scottish-inspired setting
  • Diverse locations: beaches, caves, golf courses
  • Gentle puzzling and stress-free exploration
  • Whimsical characters and quests
  • Pet cute dogs and pat cool crabs
  • Comprehensive accessibility options
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-TRY BEFORE YOU BUY- Try the first two areas from the main game – Reflection Point and the Campsite – totalling 20-25 minutes of gameplay. A one-time in-app purchase opens up the full Pine Hearts experience. No ads. Adventure awaits! Join Tyke on a cosy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb. Splash through rockpools, explore mysterious caves, clean up campsites, investigate old castle ruins, and play on the beach as Tyke revisits the scenes of childhood holidays and recollects past adventures with his dad. The Pine Hearts nature reserve is an enchanting world of crisscrossing paths and shortcuts, filled with surprising interactions. Make lots of new friends and complete quirky quests for locals in need, including: · Judging a vegetable competition! · Conducting a brass band! · Helping a ghost! · Rebuilding a whale-watching boat! · Rescuing wayward bees! · Setting (camera) traps to catch a monster! · Digging up Viking treasure! Lose yourself in a charming world packed with memories and make it a holiday to remember for everyone you encounter. Key Features: · Heartfelt story about family loss – A warm and thoughtful tale about honouring the memory of Tyke’s late father, told with tenderness and care · Sunny Scottish setting – Explore an interconnected world inspired by our childhood holidays to the Scottish Highlands’ Cairngorms. Sun added by artistic license · More than just a park – Sandy beaches, dusty catacombs, lush golf courses, bustling caravan parks, and more await explorers travelling to the Pine Hearts nature reserve · Gentle puzzling and stress-free exploration – Unlock equipment and abilities at your own pace to open shortcuts and reach new areas of the Metroidvania-style map · Whimsical characters and quests – Make new friends and do good deeds for them · Pet cute dogs – We are @CanYouPetTheDog verified · Pat cool crabs – If @CanYouPatTheCrab existed, we’d be verified too · Sweet contemplative moments – Sit down on a bench to take a breather and admire the sights · Comprehensive accessibility options – Simplified controls, colour-blocking, black-and-white, and high-contrast modes, visual FX toggles, font scaling, full input remapping, and more Pine Hearts is the perfect game for players seeking a relaxing and intuitive adventure about exploring nature, bonding with adorable characters, and making family memories that last beyond lifetimes. It’s inspired by our own experiences and dedicated to those whose cherished memories carry forward with us on the journey.

About

Leaving home

A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click adventure gameplay
  • Handcrafted puzzles
  • Eight interconnected rooms
  • Unique soundtrack per room
  • Surreal surprises
  • Quirky challenges
Features
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.

Screenshots

Pine Hearts4 screens
Leaving home3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pine Hearts at none against Leaving home's shown. Pine Hearts also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Leaving home's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 72%) and ratings volume (429 vs 103). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pine Hearts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leaving home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 429 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Pine Hearts's written reviews are positive against 94% of Leaving home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pine Hearts ships an update every 5 days, Leaving home every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pine Hearts versus Leaving home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPine HeartsLeaving home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (103 ratings)4.8 (429 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews93.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings103429 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size981 MB31 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSecret ModeBart BONTE

Customer experience

Pine Hearts

All ratings89 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative23.2%

Leaving home

All ratings394 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral0.8%
Negative5.5%

User reviews

Pine Hearts

From 103 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌳 Relaxing and adventurous gameplay
  • 👍 Unique and enjoyable story
  • 💎 Fun puzzles and exploration
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and world
  • 🎶 Wonderful music and atmosphere

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Confusing navigation and getting lost
  • 💰 Unclear pricing for full game
  • 📱 Accessibility issues with touch controls
  • 🕰️ Game feels unfinished or lacking content

Leaving home

From 429 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Fun and challenging
  • 🧠 Good brain workout
  • 🌈 Calm background music
  • 👍 Cute, elegant, no glitches
  • 💡 Interesting puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Short game length

Bugs and requests

Pine Hearts

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Erratic and slow character movement
  • Inability to save progress consistently

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer gameplay and more content
  • Improved navigation and map system
  • Better accessibility options
  • Clearer pricing and upgrade information

Leaving home

Requested features

2 requests
  • More games like this
  • Longer game duration

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pine Hearts

One-time1
  • Purchase Full Game$4.99
1 purchases

Leaving home

One-time1
  • no ads$2.99

Questions

Is Pine Hearts free?
Pine Hearts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leaving home free?
Leaving home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pine Hearts or Leaving home?
Leaving home is rated higher. Pine Hearts averages 4.6 out of 5 from 103 ratings, while Leaving home averages 4.8 from 429 ratings.
Do Pine Hearts or Leaving home have ads?
Leaving home shows ads; Pine Hearts does not.
Which is updated more often, Pine Hearts or Leaving home?
Pine Hearts ships an update every 5 days, and Leaving home every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pine Hearts was updated on October 24, 2026 and Leaving home on October 25, 2026.

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